Pictures have emerged of the house fire which killed a woman in Long Sutton last night. The victim has not been formally identified but is believed to be in her sixties. Police are appealing for witnesses:

Police are trying to find the woman's next of kin. Credit: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

A woman has died following a fire at the Dower House in Long Sutton last night.

The victim has not been formally identified yet but is believed to be in her sixties. Police have been trying to find her family, and are appealing for witnesses to the fire.

Fire crews battled the blaze for several hours last night, and investigations have continued today.

Police say the incident is not being treated as suspicious at this stage.
Anyone with information has been asked to call Yeovil Investigations via the 24-hour Police Enquiry Centre on 101, quoting log number 941 of 21 June.

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The man was being held at the new police custody centre at Bridgwater Express Park Credit: ITV News

A 40-year-old man has died while being held at the new police custody centre in Bridgwater.

He was arrested on Sunday December 28 after a fire in College Street, Burnham-on-Sea. He was taken to the custody centre at Bridgwater Express Park, where he was charged for being drunk and disorderly and hindering a member of the fire service. He was remanded in police custody to appear at Taunton Deane Magistrates Court yesterday, Tuesday 30 December.

The man was checked at 4am that morning and found to be unresponsive. Paramedics were called in but he was pronounced dead at approximately 4.10am.

The man was being held at the new police custody centre at Bridgwater Express Park Credit: ITV News

A 40-year-old man has died while being held at the new police custody centre in Bridgwater.

He was arrested on Sunday December 28 after a fire in College Street, Burnham-on-Sea. He was taken to the custody centre at Bridgwater Express Park, where he was charged for being drunk and disorderly and hindering a member of the fire service. He was remanded in police custody to appear at Taunton Deane Magistrates Court yesterday, Tuesday 30 December.

The man was checked at about 4am that morning and found to be unresponsive. Paramedics were called in but he was pronounced dead at approximately 4.10am.